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A report on the session on Geoethics at the EGU 2016
organized by the 
IAPG – International Association for Promoting Geoethics

IAPG has organized its fourth session on geoethics at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) – General Assembly 2016 in Vienna (on 18 April 2016), with the support of the GSL – Geological Society of London. 

The session (EOS5), entitled “Geoethics: theoretical and practical aspects from research integrity to relationships between geosciences and society”, was convened by Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General), Nic Bilham (GSL and IAPG Corresponding Citizen Scientist), Eduardo Marone (IAPG-Brazil Coordinator) and Marie Charriere (IAPG-Young Scientists Club Chair), and got a large participation of geoscientists, who gave 12 oral and 30 poster presentations. Authors came from 18 different countries in 5 continents (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA). 

The session was divided in two parts: “Geoethics: communication and application” and “Geoethics: institutional paradigms and conceptual challenges”. Interesting works and ideas were presented on many issues of Geoethics: theoretical and philosophical aspects, geoethics in natural hazards studies, geo-engineering paradigms, global initiatives on sustainability and geo-risks reduction, activities on ethics by geoscience organizations and research infrastructures, etc.).

Among the authors, Margaret Leinen (President of the AGU – American Geophysical Union), Stefano Tinti (President of the IAPG), Pat Leahy (Executive Director of the AGI – American Geosciences Institute), Werner Leo Kutsch (Director General of ICOS – Integrated Carbon Observation System), Nic Bilham (Director of Policy & Communications at the Geological Society of London), Joel Gill (Founder and Director of GfGD – Geology for Global Development), Vitor Correia (President of the EFG – European Federation of Geologists).

IAPG network contributed to the session with presentations by members of the Executive Board (Stefano Tinti, Silvia Peppoloni and Giuseppe Di Capua) and the Young Scientists Club (Marie Charriere and Francesco De Pascale), Corresponding Citizen Scientists (Martin Bohle and Nic Bilham), and coordinators of the following sections: Italy (Silvia Peppoloni), Iraq (Nawrass Ameen), Greece (Gerassimos Papadopoulos), Argentina (Elizabeth Rovere and Roberto Violante), Brazil (Eduardo Marone).

Among the authors there were the representatives of two great European Research Infrastructures (EPOS - European Plate Observing System and EMSO - European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory) and the responsible of an important European Project in Horizon2020 (ENVRI-Plus - Environmental Research Infrastructures).

Among the public, the past and current Executive Directors of the GSL – Geological Society of London (Edmund Nickless and Sarah Fray).

A large audience has crowded the meeting room for the entire duration of the session.

Slides of the orals and posters in pdf version have been uploaded on the IAPG website for free download at: http://www.geoethics.org/egu2016.html 

Below, some selected pictures from the IAPG session EOS5 on geoethics.

A complete photo gallery of the session EOS5 on geoethics is available at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125283529@N05/albums/72157667550429246

Convenership of the session EOS5 on geoethics organized by the IAPG at the EGU 2016: from the left, Nic Bilham (Director of Policy & Communications at the Geological Society of London and IAPG Corresponding Citizen Scientist), Marie Charriere (IAPG-Young Scientists Club Chair), Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General), Eduardo Marone (Coordinator of IAPG-Brazil).

Silvia Peppoloni and Nic Bilham, while starting the session EOS5 on geoethics.

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General), organizer and convener of the session EOS5 on geoethics at the EGU 2016.

A large audience in the room 2.83 attended the session EOS5 on geoethics at the EGU 2016.

Pat Leahy, AGI’s Executive Director, during his speech at the session EOS5 on geoethics.

Eduardo Marone, coordinator of IAPG-Brazil, while discussing on ethical dilemmas.

Participants at the session EOS5 on geoethics: from the left, Stefano Tinti (IAPG President), Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General), Margaret Leinen (President of the American Geophysical Union - AGU), Edmund Nickless (Past Executive Director of the Geological Society of London - GSL), Christine McEntee (Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the American Geophysical Union - AGU).

Poster session on geoethics at the EGU 2016: from the left, Nic Bilham (Director of Policy & Communications at the Geological Society of London and IAPG Corresponding Citizen Scientist), Ruth Allington (Chair of the International Union of Geological Sciences - IUGS - Task Group on Global Geoscience Professionalism), Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General), Vítor Correia (President of the European Federation of Geologists).

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ESC 2016: Session on Citizen Seismology and Geoethics
Call for abstracts: the deadline is fastly approaching!

35th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission

Trieste (Italy), 4-10 September 2016

DEADLINE IS APPROACHING!

Call for abstracts (deadline: 7 May 2016)

Session 04 "From school and citizen seismology to geoethics"

Conveners: R. Bossu, P. Denton, P. Earle, G. Di Capua

The IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics (http://www.geoethics.org) supports this session.

Session description:
Internet and social networks have multiplied the direct interactions between individual seismologists and citizens. Observational seismology has entered schools where they can detect signals from large global earthquakes and do real science with real data. Doing real science is one of the goals of citizen science projects alongside augmenting data collection and crowdsourcing observations on earthquake phenomena. Today there is a convergence between scientific and educational seismology projects. Many institutes and individual scientists are active on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Smartphone apps are replacing websites as the main source of rapid earthquake information. Communication has also expanded from rapid information to time evolving hazard, risk and even operational earthquake forecasts. These developments change the way we, as scientists interact with society. They present significant opportunities to transfer the value of scientific research to citizens, in order to avoid or minimize risky interaction as demonstrated by the l’Aquila trial.
We invite papers on schools, citizen science or public communications initiatives as well as analysis of their ethical, social and cultural implications.

How to submit an abstract: 
http://meetings.copernicus.org/esc2016/abstract_management/how_to_submit.html

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The IAPG section of Mexico

Welcome to the IAPG section of Mexico! 

The section will work under the responsibility of Miguel Rangel Medina, Professor at the Department of Geology of the University of Sonora (Mexico), President of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) – Mexico Chapter, and President of the Latin American Association of Hydrogeology for Development (Asociación Latinoamericana de Hidrología Subterránea para el Desarrollo - ALHSUD).

Miguel Rangel Medina

Miguel Rangel Medina is Doctor of Sciences, on groundwater. He received post-graduate diplomas on Meteorology and Climate Prediction at the University of Mississippi, USA (1981), and Irrigation and Drainage at the University of Tsukuba, Japan (1977). Since 1997, he is Professor of Environmental Geology in undergraduate courses and of Hydrogeology in post graduate courses at the Department of Geology of the University of Sonora (Mexico), and Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Group on Water Sciences at the same University.

Miguel Rangel Medina

As a consultant, he has more than forty years of experience in the development of water systems for municipal, industrial, mining, and agriculture purposes. He is Director of the consultant IDEAS, being current hydrogeology specialist and advisor of many international mining and tourism companies, working for national and international governments. He is Director of the Institute for Desert Research and Groundwater S.C. since 2007. He is a National Researcher and Member of the Net of Science and Technology of Water - CONACYT. He is Member of the "Technology Network Intrusion of Coastal Aquifers" (TIAC) and Member of the Group "SeaWater Intrusion Meeting (SWIM)". Moreover, he is President of the Latin American Association of Groundwater Hydrology for Development (ALHSUD), and chief editor of its magazine, and current President of the International Association of Hydrogeologists - Mexico Chapter (2014-2018). He is author of numerous national and international publications in journals, as well as of book chapters.

Other IAPG national sections: http://www.geoethics.org/sections.html

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IAPG for the Earth Day 2016

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics works for a respectful stewardship of the Earth: our way to take care of future generations (http://www.geoethics.org)

Earth Day: 22 April 2016

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The IAPG session on Geoethics at EGU 2016 is coming back!

Programme

Session EOS5 "Geoethics: theoretical and practical aspects from research integrity to relationships between geosciences and society".

Vienna (Austria), Austria Center Vienna.

Monday, 18 April 2016.

- Orals: 08:30–12:00, Room 2.83 (Red Level)
- Posters: a) Display time 08:00–19:30; b) Author in attendance: 13:30–15:00 (Hall D - Brown Level).

Conveners: 
Silvia Peppoloni, Nic Bilham, Eduardo Marone, Marie Charriere

Oral presentations:

Part I - Geoethics: Communication and Application

08:30–08:45 
EGU2016-1235: Engineering paradigms and anthropogenic global change (Martin Bohle)

08:45–09:00
EGU2016-2688: Injecting learning experience into geoethics for human and natural sustainability (David Crookall)

09:00–09:15
EGU2016-9621: What can I say? Geoscientists as participants in debating our energy needs (Nic Bilham)

09:15–09:30
EGU2016-7485: Geoethical and socio-political aspects of seismic and tsunami hazard assessment, quantification and mapping (Stefano Tinti and Alberto Armigliato)

09:30–09:45
EGU2016-13258: Ethical Implications of Seismic Risk Communication in Istanbul – Insights from a Transdisciplinary, Film-based Science Communication Workshop (Johanna Ickert and Iain S. Stewart)

09:45–10:00
EGU2016-4849: Cross-border data exchange - a case study on international collaboration gone wrong (Valentina Yanko-Hombach)

Part II - Geoethics: institutional paradigms and conceptual challenges

10:30–10:45
EGU2016-9442: Developing an Ethical Framework for All Geoscientists: AGI Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct (Maeve A. Boland, P. Patrick Leahy, and Christopher M. Keane)

10:45–11:00
EGU2016-7301: Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics at AGU – The Establishment and Evolution of an Ethics Program at a Large Scientific Society (Michael McPhaden, Margaret Leinen, Christine McEntee, Randy Townsend, and Billy Williams)

11:00–11:15
EGU2016-14583
The challenge of developing ethical guidelines for a research infrastructure (Werner Leo Kutsch)

11:15–11:30
EGU2016-3333: Ethics issues in scientific data and service provision: evidence and challenges for the European Plate Observing System (EPOS) (Massimo Cocco, Carmela Freda, Florian Haslinger, and Epos Consortium)

11:30–11:45
EGU2016-585: Towards Increased Engagement of Geoscientists in Global Development Frameworks (Joel Gill)

11:45–12:00
EGU2016-9699: Ethical dilemmas in geosciences. We can ask, but, can we ans? (Eduardo Marone)

More information at: 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/20171
or
http://www.geoethics.org/#!egu2016-eos5/ly2oj

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IAPGeoethics Newsletter n. 2 - 2016 is out!

The issue #2 - 2016 of the Newsletter of the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics has been released on 14 April 2016.

Summary:

- Congresses/Meetings (sessions on geoethics at SGI2016, 35th ESC, EGU2016).
- New National Sections (IAPG-Nepal).
- Conferences (Keynote speeches in USA).
- Affiliations/Agreements (IAEG-IAPG).
- News from the world (Cameroon, Peru, Nigeria, DR Congo, Morocco, Colombia).
- From the IAPG Blog (3 new recent articles).

Download the newsletter: http://www.geoethics.org/newsletter.html

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IAPG-Cameroon coordinator goes on 
National Television to introduce IAPG and Geoethics

"Monday Show" is a Cameroonian television program broadcast all over the national territory through the Cameroon Radio & Television (CRTV) station at Mballa 2, Yaounde – the capital city of Cameroon. The program takes place live every Mondays, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, and it is rebroadcast every Tuesdays between 10:00 am and 11:00 am. The one hour program that is broadcast strictly in English language, seeks to promote and showcase Cameroon’s culture, talents, urban and grassroots development initiatives. The program is usually characterized by musical presentations, discussions with guests of honour, drama, sketches, poetry, etc.
On 28 March 2016, the coordinator of IAPG-Cameroon section, Ndzishepngong Kelvin Ngwang, participated on “Monday Show” as special guest. During his discussion Kelvin introduced the IAPG and its mission, talked about the meaning of geoethics and about a project on climate change for young people co-sponsored by the Captain Planet Foundation and The Pollination project. 
This was the first time such a sensitization on geoethics took place on the State media in Cameroon. The host of "Monday Show" and the Cameroon television viewers were excited to learn about geoethics. It is hoped that from time to time, members of the IAPG-Cameroon will dedicate time to share information about geoethics and IAPG activities to the general public.
This activity goes a long way to promote geoethics in Cameroon; but it is necessary for improving the relationship between the scientific community, the mass media and the public: this is one of the goals of geoethics and the IAPG..


IAPG-International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org